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 Robert B. Daigh, P.E.,
was appointed District Engineer for the
Austin District of the Texas Department
of Transportation on Sept. 1, 2003. He is responsible for all state
transportation, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance
projects within his 11 county district.
Daigh began his career with the Texas Department of Transportation as engineer
in the Georgetown Area Office in March 1988. In January 1995, Daigh assumed the
position of Austin District programming and contracts engineer. Before assuming
the position of district engineer he served as deputy director and director of
turnpike planning and development for the Texas Turnpike Authority.
Daigh’s accomplishments include being honored in 2003 by Texas A & M University
with the Gibb Gilchrist award recognizing his outstanding service in highway
engineering with TxDOT. He is responsible for development and construction of
the Central Texas Turnpike Project.
He is a member of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
transportation policy board and executive committee; the Combined
Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center governing board; Capital
Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CARTPO); and also serves as
director of the CARTPO Clean Air Force Board.
His contributions to the community include being state coordinator for the
National Design Engineer Challenge program for high school students in
1992-1994. He was also honored with the 2005 Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in
Regionalism Award from the Capital Area Council of Governments.
Daigh graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of
Science degree in civil engineering in May 1977. He served as a consulting
engineer in Houston and Austin before he began his career with TxDOT in 1988. |
